Gateway 610S User manual

Gateway 610

Media Center PC

User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Setting Up Gateway 610 Media Center PC 7

About your Gateway 610 Media Center PC 8

Planning your Media Center setup 9

Locating connections 9

Setting up the hardware 10

Connecting the audio and video source 12

Connecting the IR control cable 13

Setting up the software 14

Chapter Two: Setting Up Gateway 610 Media Center PC

Optional Connections 15

Setting up optional connections 16

Connecting a TV (optional) 16

Connecting the Media Center PC to an existing stereo

or home theater (optional) 18

Chapter Three: Getting Started 21

Checking out your Gateway 610 Media Center PC 22

Starting the Media Center 28

Using the Media Center 29

Learning about the remote control 30

Using the remote control 31

Learning about the keyboard 32

Table of Contents

Chapter Four: Using My TV 33

Watching TV 34

Using the remote to play TV recordings 35

Using the Guide 37

Manually updating the Guide 38

Recording TV programs 39

Using Recorded TV 41

Changing My TV Settings 42

Burning recorded TV programs to DVD 43

Chapter Five: Using My Music 45

Getting started with My Music 46

Adding music files to the Media Library 46

Adding music CDs to the Media Library 47

Playing My Music 49

Chapter Six: Using My Pictures 53

Getting started with My Pictures 54

Organizing picture files 55

Viewing My Pictures 56

Using More Info 57

Playing audio during a slide show 58

Chapter Seven: Using My Videos 59

Getting started with My Videos 60

Organizing video files 61

Table of Contents

Viewing My Videos 62

Using More Info 63

Chapter Eight: Using Play DVD 65

Playing a DVD 66

Chapter Nine: Using Radio 69

Playing the Radio 70

Using the remote to play Radio recordings 72

Changing Radio Settings 73

Chapter Ten: Using Other Features 75

Setting up the external video input 76

Changing Media Center Settings 77

Using More Programs 78

Using Online Spotlight 79

Chapter Eleven: Getting Help 81

Media Center FAQs 82

Getting more help 85

Using Help and Support 86

Other Media Center resources 87

Documentation 87

Windows Update 87

Web site 87

Contacting Gateway 88

Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 89

SettingUp

Gateway 610

Media Center PC

ChapterOne

• Plan your Media Center PC setup

• Set up hardware and software

About your Gateway 610 Media Center PC

The Gateway 610 Media Center

PC provides powerful computing

and rich entertainment capabilities.

You can run the Media Center while

using other Microsoft Windows

programs or just enjoy the Media

Center in full-screen mode without

using other programs.

Use the Media Center remote

control the same way you

use the remote for your home

entertainment system. You can use

the remote and Media Center to

watch and record TV, play videos

and music, and view pictures.

Use the wireless keyboard and

mouse to run the Media Center and

your Microsoft Windows programs.

Video source —Make sure that you have access

to a video source before starting your Media Center

setup. Your computer receives video input from

a coaxial or an S-Video cable. The video source

usually comes from an antenna, a direct cable TV

connection, a cable box, or a satellite receiver.

Cable boxes and satellite receivers are also called

set-top boxes.

You’ve probably already decided where you want to

locate your Media Center PC, but before you start setting

up the Media Center, take a few minutes to make sure

that all of these connections are available in the location

you’ve selected.

Locating connections

Internet connection —Your computer needs an

Internet connection to update the program guide

and to access the Internet. Make sure that you have

access to a dial-up or broadband Internet connection

before starting your Media Center software setup.

Contact your Internet service provider for more

information about setting up your Internet connection.

In addition to the modem and Ethernet jacks on the

back of your Media Center PC, your Media Center PC

may also include wireless Ethernet capabilities. For

more information about connecting to a network with

your wireless Ethernet hardware, see the networking

user’s guide included on the hard drive. To open the

document click Start, Gateway Documentation,

then click Networking User’s Guide.

Planning your Media Center setup

Setting up the hardware

Connect your broadband

Internet (optional)

Connect the modem (optional)

Connect the audio/video source

A coaxial (TV in) connection carries both the audio

and video signals.

If you use an S-Video connection,

then also connect audio using

RCA stereo plugs.

Connect the IR control cable (optional)

Plug one end of the IR control cable into your

computer, then adhere the other end to the set-top box

sensor window.

For detailed instructions about connecting the IR control

cable (step 4), see page 13.

Remove the adhesive

paper from the back of

the IR control.

For detailed instructions about connecting the audio/video

source (step 3), see page 12.

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